Mechanical movement.



No. 888,758. PATENTED MAY 5,- 1908.

H. BRAMMER.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED mm: 27. 1907.

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PATENT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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MCHANICAL MOVEMENT.

Application filed Tune 27,

Specification of.

Letters Patent.

1907. Serial No.i 381,094.

Patented. May 5, 1908.

vented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Mechanical Movements, of which the foltion.

My invention relates to mechanical movements, particularly,for operating rotary washing machines i-hurns, etc. and i ts/olr ject is-to'convert the continuop sly re volving' motion of the drive-shaftint'o a rotary reciprocating motion of'the stirrer-shaft,'and do this so that the greatest power can be imparted through the converting'mechanism to the stirrer-shaft with the least expenditure of physical effort, and with. a comparatively noiseless action at the moment the reversal of movement takes lace, and at a variable speed, so as to pro uc'e as varied action of the stirrer-shaft and coacting elements in thetub of the washing machine, as ossible. This I accomplish by the means ereinafter fully described, and as particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 isa side elevalowing is a full, exact, and complete descrip:

tion of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view showing one side of the mangle gear. Fig. 3 is a partial view of the arched portion of the supporting frame showing the slotted part thereof. V

In the drawings A represents the baseplate of a supporting-frame which, at one end, has a suitable post arising therefrom that is rovided with bearings a for the permanently journaled portion B of the drivesha'ft, and at the other end has one end of an arched portion C of said supporting-frame springing therefrom. This arched portion bridges over the mechanism that converts the continuously rotation of the drive-shaft into a rotary reciprocal motion of the stirrer shaft, and the other leg of said arched portion terminates and merges into the base-plate,

about its center of length, and is .provided with a vertical slot 1) for the guidance of the vertical vibrations of the floating section B of the drive-shaft. This floating section B extends through said slot and has one end connected by a suitable universal joint D to the contiguous end of the permanently journaled portion B, and has its opposite end provided with a suitable spur-wheel (1, that engages the pins of a segmental series of pins e projecting from the adjacent face of a 'which slot 7) is made.

mangleswheel E. Vvheelfllis secured to the end of. a short shaft F,which extends in the shaft, but-in a plane above the same and is journaled in suitably elongated-bearings i11- tegral with the leg of the arched portion C of the supportingframe 1 The segmental series of pins e are arranged c oncentric to the center of the mangle-wheel,

face which surrounds the base of said pins, and is, at every point throughout its length, an e ual distance removedfrom an imaginary ine struck from the center of the mansaid pins. The end of the floatin portion of the drive-shaft extends beyond th the spur-Wheel, and, if desired, has an antifriction roller 11" journaledthereon that enin engagement with saidpins, and when said spur-wheel rotates the mangle-Wheel in a given direction until-itreaches the end pin of the series, e,.causes said spur-wheel to repass to and engage the portions of the ins nearer the center of rotation of thewhee or ass to and engage the portion of the pins. arthest from the said center, which the floating member of the drive-shaft, by rising or falling, permits the spur-wheel to do, and

segment of the spur-wheel travels in one-ditravels in the opposite direction, causes said mangle-wheel to rotate first in one direction and then the other.

The side of the mangle-wheel opposite that from which the ins e project has an in'-' tegral beveled gear ion J on the up er end of a vertical sha t H -which is journa ed in bearings I at the base of the leg of the arched portion of the supporting-frame farthest from the drive-shaft and rotates said shaft H first in one direction and then the other.

\Vhat. I claim as new is revolving drive-shaft, of a rotary reciprocal mangle-wheel engaged thereby'journale'd in stationary bearings, and a rotary reciprocal shaft arranged perpendicular to. the ax of said mangle-wheel and actuated thereby.

2. The combination with a vibratory gle wheel and intersecting the centers of ters said runway g, and keeps the spur-wheeh concentric therewith, and this pinion meshes with a beveled 111- 1. The combination with a continuously same direction as the portion B of thedrive opposite the leg inv and has an endless groove or runway g in its e face of verse themotion of the mangle-Wheel, and

thus, because of the fact that the uppermost rection while the opposite =or lowest segment floating continuously revolving drive-shaft,

and actuated thereby.

3; The combination with a continuously revolving drive'shaft consisting of a portion journaled in stationary bearings and a vibratory floating portion connected to said first mentioned portion by a universal joint, of a rotary 1 reciprocal mangle-wheel engaged thereby journaled in stationary bearings, and a rotary reciprocal shaft arranged perpendicular to the axis of said mangle-wheel and actuated thereby.

4. The combination with. a continuously revolvin shaft, of a rotary reciprocal man.- gle-whee whose shaft is journaled in stationary bearings, and one side of which is engaged by said drive-shaft and the opposite side provided with an integral gear, and a rotary reciprocal shaft arranged perpendicular to the'axis of the mangle-wheel and a pinion on its adjacent endengaged by said gear.

rotary reciprocal mangle wheel whose shaft is journaled in stationary bearings, and one side of which is engaged by said drive-shaft and the opposite sideprovided with an integral gear, and a rotary reciprocal shaft arranged perpendicirlar to the axis of the mangle-wheel and a, pinion on its adjacent end engaged by said gear.

6. The combination with a vibratory gear.

7 The combination with a continuously revoluble drive-shaft consisting of a portion ournaled in stationary bearings, and a V1- ratory floating portion connected by a universal joint to said first mentioned portion and a spur-wheel on its opposite end, of a rotary reciprocal mangle wheel having a segmental series of concentrically arranged pins projecting from one side that are engaged by said spur-wheel, and a rotary reciprocal shaft arranged perpendicular to the axis of said manglawheel and actuated thereby.

8. The combination. with a continously revoluble drive-shaft consisting of a portion The Cconibination with a vibratory floating. continuously revolving shaft, of a journaled in stationary bearings and a vibratory floating portion connected by a universal joint to said first mentioned portion, and a spur-wheel on its opposite end, of a rotary reciprocal mangle-wheel having a segmental series of concentrically arranged pins projecting from one side that are e n gaged by said spur-wheel, an integral gear on the other side, and a rotary reciprocal shaft arranged perpendicular to the axis of said mangle-wheel and a pinion on its ad-- jacent end engaged by said gear and actuated thereby.

9. The combination of a gear having flat parallel sides or faces, a segmental rack projecting from one of said sides and a circular rack projecting from the other of said sides,

a gear adapted to mesh with said circular rack, a driven shaft adapted to be actuated by said gear, a pinion adapted to engage said segmental rack, a driving shaft adapted to actuate said pinion,' bearing adapted to support said driving and an elongated shaft and permit said pinion to pass from one side of said segmental rack to the other side thereof.

10. The. combination with a continuously revolving drive-shaft, of a rotary reci stationary bearings, and a rotary reciprocal shaft actuated by said wheel.

11. The combination with a vibratory floating continuously revolving drive-shaft, of a rotary reci rocal mangle-wheel engaged thereby journa ed in stationary bearings,

rocal mangle-wheel engaged thereby journa ed in x and a rotary reciprocal shaft actuated by 1 said wheel.

12. The combination with a continuously revolving drive-shaft consisting of a portion journaled in stationary bearings and a vibratory floating portion connected to said first mentioned portion by a universal joint, of a rotar reci rocal man le-wheel en a ed thereby journaled in stationary bearin s, and a rotary reciprocal shaft actuated by said wheel.

13. The combination with a continuously revolving shaft, of a rotary reciprocal mangle-wheel Whose shaft is journaled in stationary bearings, and one side of which is engaged by said drive-shaft and the'opposite side provided with an integral gear, and a rotary reciprocal shaft and a pinion on its adjacent end engaged by said gear.

1 1. The combination with a vibratory floating continuously revolving shaft, of a rotary reciprocal mangle-wheel whose shaft is journaled in stationary bearings, and one side of wlnch 1s engaged by said drive-shaft and the opposite side provided with an integral gear, and a rotary reciprocal shaft and a pinion on its adjacent end engaged by said gear.

15. The combination with a vibratory floating continuously revolving shaft consisting of a portion journaled in stationary bearings and a vibratory floating portion.

ary bearings, and one side of which is en-. ,gaged by said drive-shaft and the opposite side providedwith an integral gear, and a rotary reciprocal shaft and a pinion on its adjacent end engaged by saidgear.

16. The combination with a continuously reyolubledrive-shaft consisting of a portion joumaled in stationary bearings, and a vibratory floating portion connected by a universal joint to said first mentioned portion and a spur-Wheel on its opposite end, of a rotary reciprocal mangle-Wheel having a segmental series of concentrically arranged pins projecting from one side that are enga ed by said spur-Wheel, and a rotary reciprocal shaft actuated'by said Wheel.

17. The coinbination with a continuously revoluble drive-shaft consisting of a portion journaled in stationary bearings, and a vibratory floating portion connected by a uniersal joint to said first -mentioned portion, and a spur-wheel on its opposite end; of a rotary reciprocal mangle-wheel having a segmental series of concentrically arranged pins projecting from one side that are engaged by said spur Wheel, an integral gear on the other side, and a rotary reciprocal shaft and a pinion on its adjacent end engaged by said gear and actuated thereby.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day of June, A. D. 1907.

HENRY BRAMMER.

Witnesses:

FRANK D. THOMASON, E. K. LUNDY. 

